Currently it should be using your system's proxy settings. On Windows I think you can find them in Internet Explorer's settings. On Mac it's in Network in your System Preferences. If that's not working, it's a bug.

The proxy settings for the app are so you can set a different proxy in the app from the one you use elsewhere. The proxy setting is disabled in the app because it hasn't been implemented yet.

Was the Last.fm Client Team - @eartleSee also:Mobbler: the Last.fm radio player and scrobbler for Nokia/Symbian.Setlist Scrobbler: scrobble the Setlist.fm setlists for your Last.fm attended events.

eartle said: Currently it should be using your system's proxy settings. On Windows I think you can find them in Internet Explorer's settings. [...] If that's not working, it's a bug.Yes I know the setting you mean, it's in the Connections tab of Internet Explorer's options - if I don't tick this then plenty of stuff is broken when I'm on my office VPN (including Chrome and Spotify).

However, even with this ticked and restarting the Last.fm app, it doesn't seem to punch through. It completely fails to connect - my username is listed as "StudleyUK (Offline)" in the footer.

The logs look rather sparse (uploaded here), though one line looks interesting: